http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Old Boroughmuir high school redevelopment en Thu, 21 May 2026 08:30:19 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17049&page=2#post-347941 Tue, 09 Mar 2021 21:30:45 +0000 crowriver 347941@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>CALA is the City of Aberdeen Land Association (originally).<br /> They like their motors up in Aberdeen. </p> <p>Now based in Falkirk, where "executive homes" have been mushrooming in recent years. Folk who live in such homes also tend to be motoring enthusiasts.</p> <p>Vroom, vroom! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17049&page=2#post-347938 Tue, 09 Mar 2021 21:23:26 +0000 LaidBack 347938@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Cala - a happy home for you and your car.<br /> A veritable festival of monoblocking. Mrs LB went to school there and she reckons the playground was greener.</p> <p><blockquote></p> <p>@neddie</p> <p>Could have been a huge garden, fronting the street.</p> <p>So depressing and predictable</blockquote></p> <p>So your future home is in the middle of a vast car park. But, wait... it has EV charging points. Does it have a decent covered and secure bike parking area?<br /> Silly question...</p> <p>Actually the much maligned Quartermile has loads of bike parking underground and is actually greener in feel.<br /> Cala have missed the mood of the times - what a let down. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17049&page=2#post-347916 Tue, 09 Mar 2021 18:31:47 +0000 crowriver 347916@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Singletons, divorcees and pieds-à-terre only then? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17049&page=2#post-347903 Tue, 09 Mar 2021 13:30:46 +0000 Rob 347903@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Going by the size of the one pictured on the cala website, the key word there is "myself". Definitely not "my family". </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17049&page=2#post-347902 Tue, 09 Mar 2021 13:21:14 +0000 gembo 347902@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@14 Westfield</p> <p>Such a sense of entitlement</p> <p>such a lack of irony</p> <p>And such a lot of wonga</p> <p>The prerequisites to own one of those flats? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17049&page=2#post-347901 Tue, 09 Mar 2021 12:58:47 +0000 14Westfield 347901@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>From the blurb <blockquote> which gives a range of buyers, from professionals to second home buyers, that feeling of ‘I can see myself living here’.</blockquote></p> <p>Yep, so diverse. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17049&page=2#post-347899 Tue, 09 Mar 2021 12:37:19 +0000 neddie 347899@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Nothing but car parking. All in an area where you don't need a car.</p> <p>Visualisation showing only 5 cars in the massive car park out front. Bet it won't be so pretty when it's a sea of multi-coloured metal boxes...</p> <p>Could have been a huge garden, fronting the street.</p> <p>So depressing and predictable </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17049&page=2#post-347897 Tue, 09 Mar 2021 11:59:12 +0000 chdot 347897@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/lifestyle/homes-and-gardens/new-show-apartment-for-top-of-the-class-development-at-former-boroughmuir-high-school-3156251" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/lifestyle/homes-and-gardens/new-show-apartment-for-top-of-the-class-development-at-former-boroughmuir-high-school-3156251</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17049&page=2#post-343571 Thu, 07 Jan 2021 19:36:48 +0000 chdot 343571@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/people/transformation-incredible-former-boroughmuir-high-school-pupil-now-selling-stylish-converted-flats-building-where-he-once-studied-3088320" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/people/transformation-incredible-former-boroughmuir-high-school-pupil-now-selling-stylish-converted-flats-building-where-he-once-studied-3088320</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17049&page=2#post-335367 Mon, 03 Aug 2020 13:49:10 +0000 chdot 335367@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/people/old-boroughmuir-high-school-flats-take-sneak-peek-inside-new-flats-converted-school-building-2931329" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/people/old-boroughmuir-high-school-flats-take-sneak-peek-inside-new-flats-converted-school-building-2931329</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17049&page=2#post-321066 Sat, 18 Jan 2020 16:19:50 +0000 gembo 321066@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Exactly - if new to area and move in then there ain’t gonna be no siblings there already </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17049&page=2#post-321060 Sat, 18 Jan 2020 13:51:13 +0000 crowriver 321060@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Exactly. Siblings, then travel distance. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17049&page=2#post-321050 Sat, 18 Jan 2020 11:09:09 +0000 Murun Buchstansangur 321050@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If a catchment school is oversubscribed by catchment potential pupils, does it not come down to eg distance of residence from school, siblings at the school, etc? The new flat residents would appear to have a stronger case on the former than Buckstone residents, for example? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17049&page=2#post-321049 Sat, 18 Jan 2020 10:57:22 +0000 gembo 321049@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Wonder if the people buying the apartments know that their children wont be guaranteed a place in the new school as secondary rolls rise, just about to kick off like daylight hours. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17049&page=2#post-321047 Fri, 17 Jan 2020 23:32:54 +0000 chdot 321047@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/people/small-piece-history-returned-bell-1930s-makes-its-way-back-boroughmuir-high-school-1368211" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/people/small-piece-history-returned-bell-1930s-makes-its-way-back-boroughmuir-high-school-1368211</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17049&page=2#post-318103 Thu, 21 Nov 2019 10:18:18 +0000 chdot 318103@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/people/flats-old-boroughmuir-high-site-sold-hong-kong-investors-months-domestic-buyers-get-chance-1315498" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/people/flats-old-boroughmuir-high-site-sold-hong-kong-investors-months-domestic-buyers-get-chance-1315498</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17049&page=2#post-291188 Fri, 14 Sep 2018 13:27:23 +0000 crowriver 291188@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Gillespie's now have Portacabins"</p> <p>That particular issue could be solved at a stroke by moving the Gaelic Medium Education unit elsewhere. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17049&page=2#post-291187 Fri, 14 Sep 2018 13:08:35 +0000 gembo 291187@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Not sure, no school has spilled over into it for a while but all sorts can be found in the famous Darroch Annex. Don't think it can be sold to develop into housing </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17049&page=2#post-291168 Fri, 14 Sep 2018 11:03:56 +0000 Murun Buchstansangur 291168@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Is Darroch campus currently being used? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17049&page=2#post-291153 Fri, 14 Sep 2018 10:02:06 +0000 neddie 291153@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It's criminal to convert a building, custom designed to be a school into flats, especially when there is a local shortage of school buildings (e.g. Gillespie's now have Portacabins).</p> <p>Worse still, they'll take the building and carve it into odd levels, with gawky contemporary mezzanines &amp; floors cutting halfway across the windows. And making the playground into a giant carpark dead wasteland instead of a garden... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17049&page=2#post-291141 Fri, 14 Sep 2018 07:06:29 +0000 gembo 291141@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Affordable hous g in Bruntsfield would be attractive. Maybe even cause a bidding war. Oh wait, Cala pay a bit more for th site and affordable housing goes into Granton in 2024? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17049&page=2#post-291140 Thu, 13 Sep 2018 23:24:52 +0000 chdot 291140@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>Proposals to transform a former Edinburgh high school into housing have been approved despite worries over transport and affordable housing.</p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-45508178" rel="nofollow">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-45508178</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17049&page=2#post-290738 Mon, 10 Sep 2018 09:30:50 +0000 neddie 290738@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>So they are going to drag an additional 100 cars into the area.</p> <p>Ludicrous.</p> <p>THERE IS NO SPACE for cars.</p> <p>And what does that mean for any hope of shutting the canal bridge at Viewforth to motors? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17049#post-290733 Mon, 10 Sep 2018 09:14:22 +0000 chdot 290733@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>Revised proposals to redevelop a former city school into housing has been recommended for approval by council officers – but a row has emerged over affordable homes.</p> <p>...</p> <p>The new proposals would see 104 residential units made available, along with 98 car parking spaces and 223 cycle spaces.</p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/politics/row-over-100-home-development-at-former-boroughmuir-high-school-1-4797257" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/politics/row-over-100-home-development-at-former-boroughmuir-high-school-1-4797257</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17049#post-286608 Mon, 09 Jul 2018 13:43:45 +0000 Frenchy 286608@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Are these the most recent parking standards?</p> <p><a href="https://beta.gov.scot/publications/city-edinburgh-council-planning-authority-core-documents/Parking_standards.pd" rel="nofollow">https://beta.gov.scot/publications/city-edinburgh-council-planning-authority-core-documents/Parking_standards.pd</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17049#post-286602 Mon, 09 Jul 2018 13:26:03 +0000 neddie 286602@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>What looks like a new planning application has been submitted by CALA (with comments/objections on the previous application deleted, of course):</p> <p><a href="https://citydev-portal.edinburgh.gov.uk/idoxpa-web/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=summary&amp;keyVal=P9LM2UEWFPW00" rel="nofollow">https://citydev-portal.edinburgh.gov.uk/idoxpa-web/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=summary&amp;keyVal=P9LM2UEWFPW00</a></p> <p>Still HUGE amounts of parking, including almost all of the front courtyard. This courtyard should really be a garden for residents to enjoy, with parking "contained" around the back only.</p> <p>Please comment / object if this concerns you.</p> <p><a href="https://citydev-portal.edinburgh.gov.uk/idoxpa-web/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=makeComment&amp;keyVal=ODWCVREWJXE00">Previous planning application for reference</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17049#post-284184 Wed, 06 Jun 2018 08:21:39 +0000 chdot 284184@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>Centred around an open courtyard, Cala Homes said they listened to community feedback to come up with a new design which addresses concerns over height and mass of a new-build affordable housing block.</p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/our-region/edinburgh/bruntsfield/bruntsfield-courtyard-at-heart-of-boroughmuir-school-site-plans-1-4750028" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/our-region/edinburgh/bruntsfield/bruntsfield-courtyard-at-heart-of-boroughmuir-school-site-plans-1-4750028</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17049#post-266199 Fri, 10 Nov 2017 21:12:40 +0000 chdot 266199@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>Cala lost an appeal against the decision but has now put in a new application for a reduced development. </p> <p>And it has made a revised offer of a guaranteed minimum of £11.7m, which the council’s finance committee voted to accept – despite calls to pause the sale.</p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/education/old-boroughmuir-school-sale-gets-go-ahead-despite-price-fall-of-almost-3m-1-4609710" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/education/old-boroughmuir-school-sale-gets-go-ahead-despite-price-fall-of-almost-3m-1-4609710</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17049#post-257383 Wed, 16 Aug 2017 19:53:46 +0000 Klaxon 257383@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Appeal case to ScotGov reporter has been refused</p> <p><a href="https://www.dpea.scotland.gov.uk/Document.aspx?id=465867" rel="nofollow">https://www.dpea.scotland.gov.uk/Document.aspx?id=465867</a></p> <p>There is no straightforward summary but much reference to the newbuild proposed block replacing the D+T annexe in the lower car park</p> <p>Reporter makes it quite clear that he disagrees that the council's view that the plans represented an over provision of parking. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17049#post-248060 Thu, 27 Apr 2017 11:08:33 +0000 chdot 248060@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>But despite winning the backing of five councillors on the committee, the remaining seven voted against the plans amid objections from the Viewforth Local and Bruntsfield Conservation Area support group. </p> <p>Cycling campaigners from Spokes had also warned that the density of planned private parking on the site was “excessive” given the area is well-served with public transport links. </p> <p>SNP councillor Alex Lunn, who voted against the scheme, said: “I think the site has a fantastic potential to be a sustainable and car-free site.</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/politics/city-chiefs-reject-homes-plans-for-boroughmuir-site-1-4430648" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/politics/city-chiefs-reject-homes-plans-for-boroughmuir-site-1-4430648</a> </p>